Instead of a shower, we have a hole and a bucket. Unfortunately, we didn't know this morning where to find water to fill it! Ok, no shower is not surprising, we are in Africa. But I am however shocked, I feel lost. Everything here is different from France of course but from any other country I visited, even the poorest ones like some places in China or Philippines. I can't already explain what is so different, I am quite confused, but it is! I met yersteday night when arriving the 2 other french girls doing the same mission as me, Elisabeth and Laurène (with whom we shared the same idea : we are happy to be finally arrived in Lomé... but what are we doing here!!!) , an other french guy here for 2 months, Mathias, ... read more

Who did make fun of me because I was flying with Biman Bangladesh Airline to come back from Hong Kong to France? Everybody,right? Ha ha! I've taken my revenge! I had a very pleasant one-day transit in Dhaka. Dhaka? you know, Bangladesh's capital! Bangladesh? you know, the small country in the north east of India, formerly part of India and then of Paskistan! ;-) (ok ok, for me it's quite new too!) Actually, without being under the responsability of a local, I wouldn't have had the right to go out of the hotel-for-transit-passagers, where by the way the food is pretty nice : spicy fried vegetables - really spicy and with mixed vegetables cut in small pieces instead of "big green trees" so common in Hong Kong-, curry of mutton and chicken (with a really tasty ... read more